DinnerTime - tried and tested

– read our thoughts on the DinnerTime paleo box

Home cooking is a good choice when you want to live healthily. You are in charge of the ingredients, the cooking and the portion size.

But it can be difficult to manage the shopping, getting the ideas AND have time for the actual cooking.

DinnerTime provides a service where they deliver a box of all your dinner ingredients and four recipes for you to prepare four family meals each week. So with shopping and getting ideas taken out of the equation, will home cooking be easier and more manageable?

They have four different types of boxes: Standard, Gluten free, vegetarian and paleo, so there is a broad range to choose from to match your preference. We decided to give the Paleo box a try ordering a box for two people including four meals.

We received all ingredients plus a recipe and instruction book on Sunday morning. All ingredients were extremely fresh, except maybe for the basil, which smelled and tasted just perfect but was a bit ‘tired’ to look at. Some of the ingredients that we received in the box were organic from the local from the local company GO Organic, which was a pleasant surprise. The chicken is from Al Rawdah and is some of the best in the country. They are given 100% natural feed and have not been treated with antibiotics or growth hormones at any stage. Our meat and fish are sourced from Choithrams. The vegetables are sourced from local farms whenever possible.

So all in all, on the sourcing side we were happy with the DinnerTime box.

The four recipes for this week were as following:

Chicken stir-fry

Curried salmon

Beef bowl with mushrooms

Sweet potato Spanish tortilla

The box has lots of greens and vegetables and LOTS of food. For two people there were plenty also to have left over for a light lunch. The recipes are very easy to make, and each takes 30 minutes to make. And since you are doing the cooking yourself, it’s very flexible to cook the vegetables exactly to your liking – light or more cooked.

Great to receive all ingredients for the week’s meals – the fact that home cooking is made easy and with great inspiration, with the meals designed by nutritionists to ensure your health.

DinnerTime is a concept that we would recommend if you want to eat a healthy diet but don’t have the time to do groceries or simply want a helping hand when it comes to recipes. Next time we will try the vegetarian box and is already looking forward.

@MyHealthyDXB

Did you know?

Your body rely on you to get vital nutrients from the food you eat. Your body takes care of millions of biological processes every day. Each process depends on certain components and building blocks - which you can only get from fresh, nutritious food, prepared in the right way.

Processed and industrialised prepared food does not give your body what it needs. It is not real food - it cannot give your body fuel to the millions of vital processes to function optimally. Poor quality food does not feed your body well - it only fills your stomach!